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Visa Auction (2/27/2007)
Auction of immigrant visas could ensure that scarce visas go to only those who are willing to pay the most to get them and that immigrants do not displace native-born workers simply because of their willingness to accept lower pay.
Auction of immigrant visas could ensure that scarce visas go to only those who are willing to pay the most to get them and that immigrants do not displace native-born workers simply because of their willingness to accept lower pay.
One-Price Law – Making an Illegal Buck (2/27/2007)
Artificially-imposed price difference between markets can lead to flow of goods from short-supplied areas to well-supplied areas to equalize their effective prices.
Artificially-imposed price difference between markets can lead to flow of goods from short-supplied areas to well-supplied areas to equalize their effective prices.
Sign of the Times (2/27/2007)
Digital billboards can generate more benefit at lower cost by rotating images every 6 to 8 seconds.
Digital billboards can generate more benefit at lower cost by rotating images every 6 to 8 seconds.
He Who Pays the Piper (2/27/2007)
How on-the-air radio is indirectly funded affects the quality of radio programming as a public good.
How on-the-air radio is indirectly funded affects the quality of radio programming as a public good.
Protest-free Drug Testing (2/27/2007)
China's low labor cost, abundant test animals, tax incentives, and permissive research environment have contributed to its comparative advantage in drug development.
China's low labor cost, abundant test animals, tax incentives, and permissive research environment have contributed to its comparative advantage in drug development.
Riskless Insurance (2/27/2007)
Regulatory protection has led to legal price fixing in the title insurance oligopoly at the expense of home buyers.
Regulatory protection has led to legal price fixing in the title insurance oligopoly at the expense of home buyers.
Machines vs Brawn (2/27/2007)
Mechanization may not be able to totally eliminate low-wage and low-skilled jobs that illegal immigrants are eager to fill.
Mechanization may not be able to totally eliminate low-wage and low-skilled jobs that illegal immigrants are eager to fill.